Tag: 55plus | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 8

Getaway To Gananoque

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Getaway To Gananoque

“Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and ...

“Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and timber archway. “It’s actually Gan-an-ock-way,” I respond, sounding out each syllable, “and it ...

March 29, 2023
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Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup som ...

As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup somewhere in Canada. There is, in Laurierville, close to Québec City. Canada accounts for 75 per c ...

March 29, 2023
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How We Met

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: March 29, 2023
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How We Met

DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, ...

DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, Ontario in 1978. “We met socially,” says Debbie, “and started dating soon after.” She then move ...

March 29, 2023
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Living On Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Living On Purpose

WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask oursel ...

WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask ourselves a question, our subconscious mind attempts to answer it. It looks for examples to prove the ...

March 29, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – March

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – March

As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle S ...

As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle Show on March 21st in Victoria. My amazing staff and I have organized over 20 of these events. M ...

February 27, 2023
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Reykjavík, Iceland: My Kind of Town

Posted by Bruce Sach
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Reykjavík, Iceland: My Kind of Town

I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness b ...

I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness bag on Icelandair, instead of a dry, boring sanitary notification, introduced the Icelandic word ...

February 27, 2023
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Buenos Aires: In Quest of the Blind Pig

Posted by Linda Blair
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Buenos Aires: In Quest of the Blind Pig

This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, ...

This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, due to its multiple layers of history. Buenos Aires, Argentina stands waiting to be explored an ...

February 27, 2023
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Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive

Posted by Joseph Blake
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive

Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art c ...

Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art captured on record for a century is Victoria-based traditional jazz pianist Toni Blodgett’s insp ...

February 27, 2023
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A Recipe For Living Your Best Life

Posted by Christine Blanchette
|Date: February 27, 2023
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A Recipe For Living Your Best Life

Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, ma ...

Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, making up plays, and singing with her sisters. She has had an exciting life, onstage and off and ...

February 27, 2023
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Dealing with Aggressive Dogs

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Dealing with Aggressive Dogs

Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter ag ...

Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter aggressive dogs when you’re outdoors, note that they aren’t necessarily vicious. It’s inaccurate ...

February 27, 2023
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Pursue Your Passion

Posted by Sam Margolis
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Pursue Your Passion

Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abro ...

Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abroad as a musician with the likes of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, published thousands of news phot ...

February 27, 2023
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How We Met

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: February 27, 2023
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How We Met

JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

February 27, 2023
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Living on Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: February 27, 2023
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Living on Purpose

BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold i ...

BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold in the May 2022 issue of INSPIRED magazine. Richard Wong sent me an email and suggested that he ...

February 27, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55-February

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: January 31, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55-February

As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even p ...

As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even possessions. This year started out with some big changes for me. One of my dearest friends passe ...

January 31, 2023
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: January 31, 2023
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...

Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...

January 31, 2023
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